Due to some adverse weather around Foxborough, today’s practice was brought forward to a 09:15 start. Pads were back on, refs were in attendance, and one side of the ball still continues to dominate. I present today’s Tweets of Note, along with my thoughts.
LB Cassh Maluia missed his first practice of camp today, along with fellow rookie LB Josh Uche. These guys have been performing well so far, and have real shot at being part of the LB playing group come the regular season, let’s hope they’re back tomorrow.
DT Beau Allen continues to miss practice due to an undisclosed reason, looking almost certain now that the Patriots will be without him for week 1 and beyond.
UDFA Will Hastings missed out again today, hopes all but faded for fans to see the “Auburn connection” rekindled in Foxborough.
RB Lamar Miller remains on the PUP/Active list.
S Devin McCourty was out of practice for the second day in a row, he reportedly watched from the sidelines with a compression sleeve around his leg. This could just be a precautionary measure, but given it’s the Patriots, we aren’t likely to find out exactly how serious it could be.
LG Joe Thuney was also nursing a hand/arm injury he picked up during practice which will be one to look out for, as Thuney’s position at guard is locked down, they might play it safe with him.
Damien Harris made a statement in the RB competition early on today by rushing for an 80-yard TD during the live 11v11 drills. Now Sony Michel is back in the picture, this battle will only intensify over the coming practices.
If I needed to pick now, I’d go with Harris purely as Michel has only just come off PUP. It’s also easy to forget that Lamar Miller is also waiting in the wings to get on the field for the first time.
This grabbed my attention, Perry makes a good point, originally at the beginning of camp, along with the CB position, the S position didn’t cause me a great deal of concern.
Now with players limited and missing, Terrence Brooks has really stepped up to stake a claim within the position, picked Newton off yesterday, and today.
Unfortunately, this is becoming a theme, and I say unfortunately because it’s bittersweet. It’s great that the defense is dominating and showing some great things, but we need the offense to step up towards their level, at the minute, they’re not even close.
QB’s staggering again, Newton at times is hot and cold, but he continues to have bright spells that are encouraging. Hoyer made the throw of the day with a dime to WR Devin Ross for a TD.
Now, this is exciting. As pre-season games aren’t a thing this year, teams will have to use their own rosters to create game-like situations/scenarios. That’s what tomorrow’s practice looks set to be.
Officiating crews were on the training field today assisting in some drills, so add them in along with the session being inside Gillette Stadium, and we have a potential scrimmage!
Now, this is subject to change, but if it goes ahead, I’m hoping for a jam-packed Tweets of Note tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Check the live stream by the PU crew from camp earlier today here!
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